Vinnegary beer

[cask is best]

Is there any one single reason why a beer would taste slightly vinegary. I bought a pint of Batemens xb last night and it tasted like that.

 

[dennisking]

I've heard of home brew turning vinegary but never commercial beers.

 

[joe1002]

Perhaps they haven't cleaned their lines and it's sat in the beer engine for a while. Either that or the keg was going off?

 

[adomant]

Could be it was stuck in the beer engine cylinder for a while, decent pubs pull off a quarter pint before they start to serve for the day, vinegar means very stale and off, hope you sent it back

 

[cask is best]

Yes i did. And got another pint. Not the xb of course. Landlord looked a little bemused.

 

[desmosteve]

I've had that three times in pubs in the last 6 months, one in the middle of a busy evening in a busy town, once with Wainwright at lunchtime and another that wasn't vinegar, but horrible chemical/metallic flavour.........all sent back, with staff taking a taste and no argument

The last was *hangs head in shame* Tetley in a theatre bar, the only bitter they had, (honest ) but I got it swapped for some very nice Great Orme they had in a bottle under the bar :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

My bets on infection, click BJCP list of faults :thumb:

 

[critch]

old stale beer. comercial casks should be on no longer than three days.period. acetobacter has left its little calling card in that beer, a few more weeks and itll be full of string :sick: